Castor Oil & Derivatives

CASTOR OIL (BP-1973)

SPECIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

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CASTOR OIL (BP-1973)

Desciption

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A nearly colourless or faintly yellow viscid Oil, odour Slight, taste at the first bland but afterwards slightly acrid
Solubility

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Soluble in 2.5 parts of alcohol (95 per cent); miscible with dehydrated alcohol, & with glacial acetic acid.
Identification

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Miscible with half its volume of light petroleum (boiling range -40°C to 60°C), and only partially soluble in two volumes.
Acetyl value

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Not les than 140
Acid Value

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Not more than 2.00
Iodine value

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82 to 90 (Iodine monochloride method)
Optical Rotation

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Not less than +3.5°
Refractive index

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1.477 to 1.481
Saponification value

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177 – 187
Weight per ml

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0.953 to 0.964
Colour on lovibond in 1” cell
:
Y (2.2 Max) R (0.3 Max)
Moisture (K.F.)
:
0.25 % Max.


Note :- The product can also be supplied as per specifications provided by the client’s

Packing & Marking :- As per client’s requirements.

 


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